PhotoRudd's family stays close after ballot loss

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Mon 27 Feb 2012, 3:13 PM AEDT

Kevin Rudd hugs his wife Therese Rein (daughter Jess in background) after speaking to the Canberra media in Parliament House on February 27, 2012. Mr Rudd was speaking after losing the Labor leadership ballot 71-31 to Prime Minister Julia Gillard.